All Culture and people articles – Page 131
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FeatureSupraheroes
The three winners of this year’s chemistry Nobel gave chemists the tools to make molecules into machines. Emma Stoye assembles the story
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OpinionA nanocarbon revolution
Twenty years on from the Nobel prize for fullerenes chemists pay tribute to the field Harry Kroto helped to launch
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PodcastScience and the City by Laurie Winkless – Book club
In this month’s book club we discuss the technologies that help modern cities function
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ResearchSecret of frankincense’s evocative smell unravelled
Scientists identify mystery molecules responsible for the scent associated with Christmas and church
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OpinionChemical societies must adapt – here's how to do it
Member organisations need to change their approach to be fit for the 21st century
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ReviewA very expensive poison
Christopher Barnard puts the latest Litvinenko account under the magnifying glass
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NewsMolecular machines roll in for the 2016 chemistry Nobel
Ben Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Fraser Stoddart take chemistry’s top gong for creating a series of nanoscale machines
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OpinionHow to win the Nobel prize part 1: criteria
Bengt Norden discusses the critera against which research is judged
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OpinionHow to win part 2: nominations
Who nominates people for the Nobel prize? Bengt explains the nomination process.
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OpinionHow to win part 3: investigations
In this video, Bengt reveals how the committee investigates nominees to make sure the prize goes to the right person.
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OpinionHow to win part 4: chemistry on rotation?
Bengt tackles the perception that different fields ‘take it in turns’.
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OpinionHow to win part 5: how many people?
Bengt discusses whether the limit of three people will ever change
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OpinionHow to win part 6: 'You've won!'
Winning the Nobel prize has its downsides. Some people change for the worse.
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OpinionHow to win part 7: winners and losers
In our last video, we ask Bengt who should have won, and for his standout recipients
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NewsLive blog: molecular machines take the chemistry Nobel
Join us for news, gossip and comment during the build-up to chemistry’s biggest prize
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PuzzleOctober 2016 puzzles
Download the puzzles from the October 2016 print issue of Chemistry World
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NewsWomen less likely to get top recommendation for postdoc posts
Data shows unconscious bias exists for both male and female reviewers in geoscience
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OpinionBig data needs big theory
The seductive promise of huge datasets could become a big distraction
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CareersThe cellulose specialist
Lina Zhang reflects on five decades as part of China’s green chemistry vanguard